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April 10, 2021

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Around 12:53 pm. Lawrence Township Fire Companies, Lawrence Police and Lawrence EMS, were dispatched to Bakers Basin Road for a vehicle into a utility pole with entrapment. Upon arrival EMS and firefighters. it was found that a vehicle had cut a pole in half and live wires down. The person that was reported trapped was pulled from the vehicle. Lawrence Township Police has Bakers Basin Road closed at Basin & Lawrence Station Roads and near the Delaware – Raritan Canal. The person was taken to the Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center. PSE&G will be working on the repairs most of the day, Google Maps is reporting that repairs could take up to midnight.

No further information is available at this time. If information becomes available the story will be updated and corrections made.

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After 19 years the NJ Turnpike Authority has a sudden change of heart and ripped American Flags from the bridges. Robbinsville PBA releases statement. Protest held in Searen, NJ Woodbridge Township over removed flags

See updates to MidJersey.News story here:

American Flags Replaced On NJ Turnpike Overpasses In Robbinsville By Police Union

Governor Murphy Directs Turnpike Authority To Stop Removing American Flags, Senator O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman DiMaso Sponsor Legislation To Keep American Flags On Overpasses

UPDATE Robbinsville Township PBA is hosting a replace the flags event at 12 noon September 11, 2020 see link below. The NJ Turnpike Authority has been removing flags placed and replaced on bridges by the local PBA

https://facebook.com/events/s/replacing-american-flags/597290697826772/?ti=as

September 6, 2020

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)- WOODBRIDGE – SEWAREN, NJ (MIDDLESEX)–The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has removed American Flags from bridges along the highway recently. The flags were replaced with signage that reads, “Placement of signage or items of any nature on this structure is strictly prohibited.” Many American Flags have been placed on bridges after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Many people including veterans, police and other organizations have been maintaining these flags on bridges since the attacks.

After 19 years the NJ Turnpike Authority has a sudden change of heart and ripped American Flags from the bridges citing a “distraction”

Statement by the NJ Turnpike Authority on the flags:

Turnpike Authority Statement on Posting of Flags, Posters, and Signs on Turnpike and Parkway Bridges:The New Jersey Turnpike Authority appreciates and applauds patriotism. We try to express patriotism ourselves every day by maintaining dozens of American flags at properties in our right of way — office buildings, toll plazas, service areas, maintenance facilities, State Police buildings, warehouses. Those flags are treated with the utmost respect by Turnpike Authority personnel. They are flown on suitable staffs. They are illuminated at night. They are lowered to half-staff when the state is in mourning. They are removed, properly destroyed, and promptly replaced when they become faded or worn and are no longer suitable symbols of our national ideals.

The long-standing policy of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has been to prohibit the display of any flags, signs, or banners by private parties on Turnpike Authority property. While we appreciate the desire of some New Jersey residents to express their patriotism in these turbulent times by displaying flags on Turnpike and Parkway overpasses, Turnpike Authority regulations do not allow it, and for good reason. The Turnpike and Parkway run through more than 100 municipalities and include more than 1,100 bridges and other structures. The NJTA cannot adequately monitor flags mounted by private citizens to make sure they are safely and securely hung, properly displayed, and respectfully maintained. While we hope that everyone who wants to display the American flag finds a suitable location to do so, we believe that limiting the flags displayed on Turnpike Authority property to ones hung and maintained by Turnpike Authority staff is the best way to assure that all flags in the Turnpike and Parkway right of way are treated with the respect they deserve.

Several Facebook users have posted their dissatisfaction with the removal of the flags on the NJ Turnpike Facebook Page below:

Statement from Robbinsville PBA Local #344:

Last month, Robbinsville P.B.A. Local 344 purchased over a dozen American flags to replace those that were either missing or tattered on the overpasses covering the New Jersey Turnpike and I-195.  The amount of support we received via social media and throughout town was incredible, and our post reached nearly 8,000 viewers.  The reason we decided to replace the flags was to continue the tradition of honoring our veterans and those lost in service for our country.  American flags have been flown on overpasses throughout the state and throughout the nation since 9/11.

Now, as we approach the anniversary of that horrific day, we are extremely disappointed to announce that the NJ Turnpike Authority saw fit to remove all flags on overpasses covering the N.J.T.P. last week, replacing them with signs citing N.J.A.C. 19:9-1.13. This is a code which is meant to apply to advertisement material or improper road signage.  We cannot understand why the N.J.T.P.A. has suddenly decided to abandon a tradition of patriotism and respect for our veterans.  It is not known what happened to the brand new flags that we put up, but we truly hope they were respectfully disposed of, if not displayed elsewhere.

The flags that we placed on the overpasses were firmly secured, and it was the P.B.A.’s full intention to continue maintaining them, to ensure proper respect was given.  They did not impede traffic and did not obstruct visibility for passing motorists.  The placement of the flags was done in the same manner that has been done for nearly twenty years.

I have written to the Director of Relations at the N.J.T.P.A. and hope to have a reason for the unexplained action soon.  If any share in our disappointment at the removal of the flags, please feel free to write/call their office ([email protected] / (732)750-5300). 

We hope this matter is resolved soon, and we will continue to fly the American flag proudly.  Have a great Labor Day.

Thank you,

Michael Slininger

President – Robbinsville P.B.A. Local #344

A peaceful protest was held in Sewaren, Woodbridge Township, NJ today protesting the removal of American Flags from bridges on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Photos courtesy of Sewaren, NJ History Facebook Page:

April 15, 2021

TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Around 6:54 pm shots rang out for a second time today leaving one injured at the Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center.

Trenton Police received several 9-1-1 calls for reports of multiple shots fired in the first block of Laclede Avenue near West State Street. Trenton Police along with Trenton EMS and Trenton Fire Department responded to the scene.

Police found one person shot and TEMS and firefighters proceeded in. The victim was rushed to the Trauma Center at Capital Health by TEMS with Trenton Police providing an escort to the hospital.

A source mentioned that the person was shot in back and was in stable condition at the hospital.

This is a developing story, information is obtained by sources and on scene reporting. As always once official information is release by official police sources the story will be updated and corrections made if needed.

This is the second shooting of the day, earlier this morning another shooting left a man dead you can read those MidJersey.News stories here:

See this morning’s MidJersey.news breaking news story here (posted at 2:33 am): BREAKING: Male Found Shot Dead Near Post Office On Hamilton Ave.

UPDATE: Shooting Homicide in Trenton Under Investigation

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June 17, 2020

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TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–A Trenton man was charged today with attempting to ignite a marked police vehicle during the recent violent outburst in Trenton following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Earlja J. Dudley, 27, of Trenton, was arrested by special agents of the FBI and is charged by complaint with one count of attempting to damage or destroy by fire a vehicle owned or possessed by an institution receiving federal financial assistance, and one count of attempting to damage or destroy by fire a vehicle used in and affecting interstate commerce. Dudley will make his initial appearance this afternoon by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Tonianne J. Bongiovanni.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

On May 31, 2020, large-scale protests were held throughout the United States, including in Trenton, in response to the death of George Floyd, who died on May 25, 2020, while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. Floyd’s death, and the ensuing protests, have drawn national media attention. Although the May 31 protest in Trenton was peaceful earlier in the day, violence erupted later. A group of individuals proceeded down East State Street in downtown Trenton and began to riot, smashing store fronts, looting stores, and attacking multiple marked Trenton Police Department vehicles parked on the 100 Block of East State Street. Dudley is the second defendant to be charged with federal arson offenses from those protests.

A bystander video that was posted publicly to a social media platform captured an individual, later identified as Dudley, wearing a tank top and baseball cap with the Roman numerals “XIV” in red lettering, along with distinctive green, black, and white sneakers. The video recorded Dudley and another individual standing in front of a marked Trenton Police Department vehicle and opening its hood. The video then recorded another individual joining Dudley and lighting an object that Dudley was holding over the exposed engine well of the police vehicle. Dudley placed the burning object into the engine well of the vehicle and moved away from it. Shortly thereafter, flames are visible on the video rising from the engine well of the vehicle. Law enforcement obtained photographs of Dudley posted on social media wearing, on other occasions, a tank top and baseball cap with Roman numerals “XIV” in red lettering, and distinctive green, black, and white sneakers, all of which matched the articles of clothing that Dudley was wearing in the video.

Both counts charged in the criminal complaint carry a statutory mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years, a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison, and a maximum fine of $250,000.

U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI and task force officers of the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Douglas Korneski, with the investigation leading to today’s arrest. He also thanked officers of the Trenton Police Department, under the direction of Police Director Sheilah Coley; and troopers of the New Jersey State Police, under the direction of Col. Patrick J. Callahan, and the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, under the direction of Jared M. Maples, for their assistance.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander E. Ramey and Michelle Gasparian of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Trenton.

The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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April 15, 2021

TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Sources tell MidJersey.News that a male was found dead that was shot in the back behind the US Post Office on Hamilton Avenue early this morning. Police and crime scene investigators are on scene. This is a developing story. As always MidJersey.News has reached out to police for official information. Once Official information becomes available the story will be updated and any corrections made. This is a breaking news story from witnesses near the scene.

April 14, 2021

EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Homicide detectives were called to the 1500 Block of North Olden Avenue this morning and North Olden Avenue was shut down for the investigation for hours. According to at least one eye witness at the scene they said a man ran out of a house and was gunned down in broad daylight. The body of the victim can be seen in front of a store front on North Olden Avenue. This is still an active investigation and no official information is available at this time.

Ewing township Police have referred all media inquires to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.

Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office is working on a press release at this time.

No further information is available and story will be updated when official information becomes available.

Photos by Brian McCarthy, OnScene News

Murder investigation on April 14, 2021 in Ewing Township, NJ on North Olden Avenue. Photos by Brian McCarthy, OnScene News “Viewer discretion advised“ of active murder investigation in Ewing Township Mercer County, NJ on April 14, 2021 witnesses can be heard on the video describing the scene.

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April 14, 2021

EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Homicide detectives were called to the 1500 Block of North Olden Avenue this morning and North Olden Avenue was shut down for the investigation for hours. According to at least one eye witness at the scene they said a man ran out of a house and was gunned down in broad daylight. The body of the victim can be seen in front of a store front on North Olden Avenue. This is still an active investigation and no official information is available at this time.

Ewing township Police have referred all media inquires to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.

Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office is working on a press release at this time.

No further information is available and story will be updated when official information becomes available.

Photos by Brian McCarthy, OnScene News

Murder investigation on April 14, 2021 in Ewing Township, NJ on North Olden Avenue. Photos by Brian McCarthy, OnScene News “Viewer discretion advised“ of active murder investigation in Ewing Township Mercer County, NJ on April 14, 2021 witnesses can be heard on the video describing the scene.

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April 13, 2021

TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–At 7:54 am, Trenton Police Officers responded to the area of Eisenhower Ave and Coolidge Avenue after receiving reports of shots fired.  When Police arrived on scene, the officers discovered a victim of the shooting.

Trenton Fire Department and Trenton EMS treated the victim, an adult male, who was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in critical condition. Sources said It was reported that the victim was shot in the chest.  

The scene showed a vehicle riddled with bullet holes with at least four bullet holes in the front windshield.

Trenton Police Detective Captain Peter Weremijenko stated that the investigation is in the very early stages.

If anyone has any information they can contact the Trenton Police anonymous tip line at 609-989-DRUG (3784)    

Information provided above is from a combination of official information along with witnesses and on scene reporting. As the investigation progresses and more information is released the story will be updated.

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April 12, 2021

MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–Around 10:45 am it appears that a vehicle traveling east bound on I-195 just prior to Exit 16B (County Road 537) may have overturned and temporarily trapped a person inside. Another vehicle was seen under the Route 537 bridge up against the guardrail. Millstone Township Fire Department Fire and EMS responded to the scene. Upon arrival there was no entrapment but 1 person was injured and transported to Centra State Medical Center in Freehold. NJ State Police was on scene investigating and appeared to have one person under arrest but it was unclear what involvement that person had in the crash. NJ DOT closed the left lane until the vehicles could be removed. No further information is available at this time. An email was sent to the NJ State Police Public Relations Office for further information if received the story will be updated.

April 7, 2021

By: Tyler Eckel

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP (MERCER)– A massive multi-alarm fire ripped through a West Windsor apartment building Wednesday night, injuring three firefighters and displacing multiple families.

The fire occurred around 3:17 pm. Multiple fire companies from Mercer and Middlesex Counties responded to the Avalon Watch Apartment Complex for a reported apartment fire. Building 8 on Taylor Court became well-involved with fire, reaching a four-alarm blaze. Fire could be seen shooting from the roof of the building.

West Windsor Police report that the fire ripped through 23 apartments, leaving them with extensive damage. American Red Cross has been activated to assist the displaced families.

Smoke could reportedly be seen from parts of Hamilton, Allentown, Trenton, and Hillsborough.

One firefighter reportedly suffered an ankle injury after a partial roof collapse. Firefighters were then ordered out of the structure, and took a defensive approach. Firefighters did eventually resume interior operations.

Two other firefighters were injured, one with a reported shoulder injury, and the other with a reported hand injury. All three firefighters were transported to the hospital.

Multiple hose lines and elevated master streams were put into operation. The fire was placed under control around 6:30 pm. This fire is under investigation.

The fire was brought under control with the help of West Windsor Fire Company, Princeton Junction Fire Company, East Windsor Fire Company, Hamilton Fire Department, Lawrence Township Fire Companies, Prospect Heights Fire Company, Monmouth Junction Fire Company, Kingston Fire Company, Princeton Fire Company, and others.

**This is a breaking news story, based on radio reports, on scene information, and sources. The article will be updated with updates as we receive them.**

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